Banana Nutella Muffins

Banana Nutella Muffins | Nutella Swirled Banana Muffins Recipe

These Banana Nutella Muffins are amazingly delicious and moist. Made in a healthyish way using whole wheat flour and organic coconut sugar, these Nutella swirled banana muffins are definitely going to be your new favorite dessert. Perfect for breakfast, parties, picnics or even great as a toddler lunchbox idea!

Try these super moist and delicious Nutella Swirled Banana Muffins for the little dessert cravings, when you don’t want to go over the top with frostings, and would like to just keep it simple. The recipe base is of the regular banana bread muffins, which are then topped with half a tablespoon of Nutella. The best part, making the swirls over each muffin. It definitely was amazingly therapeutic, check the video linked below to see the swirls in action!

We have a Nutella craze going on at home these days. Simple Nutella bread sandwich is on rotation as a lunchbox option for my daughter. Well, whatever works honestly. I try to keep things as healthy as possible, but sometimes we just do what works best at that time.

I do plan to just create the homemade version of Nutella one day. But till then, we will just continue using the store bought version. The idea behind creating these muffins was to have another thing that works as a toddler snack idea. I have used organic coconut sugar and whole wheat flour to make a healthier version of the base of these muffins. And if you have homemade Nutella available, nothing better than that.

If you can’t find organic coconut sugar by any chance, then just go for any unrefined form of sugar, like jaggery powder (which is unrefined cane sugar powder). I have got great results with swapping jaggery powder and coconut sugar in many of my bakes.

These Banana Nutella Muffins are!

• Healthyish (Use homemade Nutella to make it completely healthy)
• Free of added refined sugar
• Refined flour free
• A delicious homemade picnic dessert idea

These muffins can be enjoyed as a dessert or even work great as tea time snacks. Most importantly, these are a great addition to your child’s lunchbox. I like to send a variety of different things in my daughter’s lunchbox. So, these muffins come in handy when you are looking to add some nutritious elements in your kids’ lunch.

How to make Nutella Swirled Banana Muffins?

Here is the step by step process to make Nutella Banana Muffins. You can find the detailed instructions with process shots down below!

• To the mashed bananas in a bowl, add melted butter, and mix it thoroughly. Add organic coconut sugar and mix again.

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• Add eggs and vanilla extract and mix once again.

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• Using a sieve, sift whole wheat flour, baking soda, salt and ground cinnamon, and add to the wet ingredients mixture. Gently fold till all ingredients form a homogeneous mixture using a spatula.

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• Preheat oven to 350 degree Fahrenheit (or 180 degree Celsius). Pour batter into greased and dusted (or lined) muffin cups. Add half a tablespoon of Nutella over the muffin batter in each muffin cup. Then, use a toothpick to gently swirl Nutella over the batter.

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• Bake the muffins in preheated oven for 25 minutes or till done.

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The Banana Nutella Muffins are ready to be served warm, or these can be stored in an airtight container in the refrigerator for a week!

Substitutions & Tips

• Organic Coconut Sugar – If Coconut Sugar is not available, you can replace it with equal amount of Jaggery powder (unrefined cane sugar powder). These are the healthier sugar alternatives.
• Do not over-mix the batter after adding dry ingredients.
• Swirl Nutella gently over the muffin batter. Otherwise the swirls won’t be seen after the muffins are baked.

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Also, continuing the tradition, here comes the 67th recipe under My Julie & Julia Project. For those who don’t know, I had started this project under which I had planned to post 100 recipes from my kitchen by the end of the year 2020. But, due to 2020 being the year of drastically changing priorities, I am continuing it further this year. So, here is the Recipe #67 for you all.

Also, I have uploaded the video recipe of these Banana Nutella Muffins to my YouTube channel. You can check out the video on the channel page, or you can just scroll right down to the recipe card to see the video. And yes, do subscribe to my channel for more such baking recipes. You can even connect with me on Facebook and Instagram.

Also, if you like this recipe, do check out the Nutella based cookies from the blog. These Nutella stuffed chocolate chip cookies are a little more work than the regular cookies, but definitely worth it.

For now, let’s quickly get to the recipe of soft and delicious Nutella Swirled Banana Muffins!!